I hope and pray that everyone is well and dealing with this once in a lifetime crisis as best as you can.

I just wanted to stay in touch with as many people as possible. Our Governor has issued an Executive order the other day with the game plan to re-open our state. Within this order, we are all to maintain our social distancing and limit social gatherings to 10 or less people.

We have our TN AAU Super qualifiers slated for June which will be hosted by multiple clubs that will ensure all grades will be represented. We have the TN AAU State tournament slated for the end of June. We have our AAU World Championships slated for July. We have our AAU 3on3 full season slated for August and September.

Although things are in place behind the scenes, it makes no sense to release anything since at this point, they can best be described as “wishful thinking”. Currently, gymnasiums are not open to the public in our state and it is irresponsible to have our youth scheduled to play in an event without even the opportunity to practice and get in playing shape.

We will only come back when it is completely safe to do so. We will take in every bit of information with the commitment that we will make decisions based on safeguarding the health of every athlete, coach, administrator, spectator, and a referee who attends any of the licensed TN AAU events.

Please stay well, continue to slow the virus down, and practice social distance so that we can be together again as soon as possible. Keep the kids exercising and working on their individual skills because once we allowed to play, we are ready to open the events. I will update everyone again soon.